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I timed the relaunch to coincide with the end of the first chapter of my other comic, Mare Internum, so anyone just checking here now gets to not only read a new Meek page, but also an entire new chapter of a different comic if they want :O If you weren’t already reading it, then happy surprise birthday!! If you were already keeping track… sorry, your birthday was cancelled :C

So, I’ll be updating once a week here on Thursdays and once a week there on Tuesdays until the end of next month. You can get to the comic any time by clicking on the MI box or red and blue circle icon. In July my time will clear up and I will be able to offer several regular updates a week of all my comics!

The Meek has been my baby for over half my life now. I had some bad things force me to hiatus, but permanently quitting this project is just not an option. I mean, unless I die or whatever. Hopefully that’s not for a while. Thanks for sticking around, and I’m looking forward to posting more of this weirdass project.

I’m so glad your Web comic is up again. I love reading it. I can’t wait to see what you have planned. :) It’s awesome you can start working on it again. I have always admired your art style. It’s fantastic, it brings so much life to the characters. Anyway great job !

I would have waited until at least Jan 2029 to see this comic update again if I had to – it’s amazing and I am extremely excited to see it come back! MI looks great too and it makes me happy (& is quite admirable) that you’ll be updating both comics at the same time.
The page looks pretty, I like the background in panel 1.
Welcome back :-)

I’m so excited to see this back! Pinter and I have been wondering about that spear for far too long, and now we’ve got some answers ;D

I think it’s cool how your two comics are different artistically… with MI in general being pretty gritty-looking and TM looking so sleek. Your backgrounds are gorgeous as always. Aaaaah I can’t wait to see Angora again! And everyone else.

OMG FINALLY!!!!! THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK!!!!!!!
This was my first webcomic and I completely fell in love with it. I can now go right back into this glorious world you created! Just keep doing what you’re doing girl!!!

I am sincerely happy to see that you have returned Der-shing Helmer. Today is a most joyous day for the webcomic world. I return to my dark corner where I will silently (but faithfully) follow your excellent work.

Usually I never comment on comics, but today is a special day :D.
I´m so happy that The meek is back! Thank you Der-shing Helmer for coming back and continuing this awesome work of art.
I hope creating it brings you as much joy as reading it does for me.

For a moment I tought that comic-rocket was lying to me.
You know if I had to wait until January 2019 I would with zero complains (Glad that’s not necesary though :P).

I don’t think a story is ever really ‘useless’ sitting in one’s own head. Granted, said story might never get told, but that’s the risk any creative entity possesses. Sometimes you just need to process the drama that is life before you can invest, or re-invest in it, and sometimes along the way the story itself becomes better for it (and sometimes it never continues…).

That said, thank you for coming back to us. I love this story and these characters, and have patiently waited with baited breath to see life return to these pages. Thank you for not giving up on it, and for not falling to the wayside.

I think the most amazing thing is seeing how far your art and abilities have advanced while on hiatus, but it’s like you’re able to still slip into the old style. The color palette, how delightfully pointed Pinter’s nose is (always was my favorite detail), and so forth. I was a little worried it’d be jarring going from the old page to the next, but it really is a wonderful blend towards your improvement.

Anyway, thanks for the wonderful page. Longtime reader here is glad to see you’re doing a project you enjoy. I can understand that feeling, as a writer, at least.

Thanks! Yeah, I didn’t want to mess up the flow too bad. Part of being a versatile artist is being able to emulate different styles… thankfully, emulating old stuff is a comfortable and familiar feeling.

It makes me unbelievably happy to see this comic’s return. The great diversity of body types and your grasp of expressions and color quickly made this one of my favorite webcomics. I greatly look forward to what’s in store for our cast of characters.

I don’t normally comment on Web comics I read but I have to say when I saw your post on facebook saying you’d be updating again, I gasped and screamed! In a good way of course… the new look of the site is fantastic and after so long (has it really been 3 years?!) I look forward to reading the comic over again like it was new. And I will now check out your other comic. Yay more comics! I’m glad to hear you’re back on your feet and I look forward to watching your stories unfold. <3

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This is me hugging you for updating or you metaphorically hugging me with new Meek or both or asghweildskhgowieqhladfgnlk
I’m so happy this is such a good day I can’t even do grammar

Quick question, though. Are you going back to bordered panels? Even after all these years, it was weird to see the lines around panels and speech bubbles. I had to go back a page to confirm I wasn’t crazy.

This was the first webcomic I ever stumbled upon, and it was the start of something very special for me. Since then I’ve been all over the place, different stories, different styles, different worlds but always I came back to check on this one in particular. I can’t say just how many times I’ve reread it during the hiatus, I’ve lost count.
Truly, it’s a wonderful thing for me knowing the one story that got me hooked on the entire idea of webcomics will continue. You’ve done such a wonderful job.

You’re awesome, Shing. I know it must have been a pain having to hear crap about how you left this project hanging, and I know you’ve had a lot of people doubting you even when you said you’d bring this back. Good on ya for hanging in there, and proving the naysayers wrong! I’m excited to see what awaits Angora and the others.

Congrats on this revival. “The Meek” was always worth the wai and never left my bookmark list: just knew you’d be back with it. And now with MI, there’s twice as much to love. Thanks for hanging in through the tough times and for sharing your remarkable gifts.

I know from experience how very hard it can be to pick up a project that you’ve put on hold for a long stretch – and yet the break between this page and the last is unnoticable from the artwork. Congragulations! Also congratulations on making it through whatever put things on hold in the first place. I won’t ask what that might have been, but I guess it probably wasn’t something good.

I want to cry I am so happy. Do you know this was the very first, the VERY first webcomic I ever read? And it’s what’s inspired me to start comics. I’ve had a graphic novel in the works for a couple years now, and Meek started it.

Thank you /so/ much for continuing The Meek. I started reading the week you stopped updating, and it was a real disappointment… until now! If you’re ever in Sheffield and in need of a place to stay, look me up.

Der-shing Helmer, I am so fucking happy your back, I hope everything that’s been going on for you has been resolved in a somewhat happy manner, and thank you SO much for being so incredible and writing such an amazing story and not abandoning it forever, I fucking love you, you’re my god damn favorite! Today is awesome!

I’ve been reading Mare Internum (loving it, by the way) so I knew this was going to update but I still flailed around like an idiot when I saw the new page!

And congratulations on the return!!! I have my own long-term project that I’ve been working on for forever, and when I dove back into it last year, it felt awesome. This may sound cheesy, but it really is inspirational that you’ve been working on The Meek for so long and keep right on with it, despite the passage of time and personal life things. I hope that everything is looking up for you, and that you keep getting to do what you love!

I’ve never posted a comment on a webcomic, but The Return Of The Meek calls for an exception. Whatever was blocking you, whatever pain you were in — and haven’t we all been blocked? Haven’t we all been in pain? — I am glad and grateful you’ve overcome it enough to continue this magnificent story. I hope every panel brings you and healing.

So happy today! Der Shing you write the very best webcomic on the internet as far as I’m concerned, it’s clear how much thought and care you put into every part of it, and it’s great how you do it all yourself. Reading it you can tell how important it is to you and that makes it all the more meaningful to be a reader of it as well. Even though it’s been a long time since the last update it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long, really, and we never doubted you would come back to it one day. Thanks for bringing all of us something special – I can’t wait to see what happens next! =)

Yaaaay! I’m so glad The Meek is back! I’m happy I found you on Tumblr (however long ago that was) so I could see what you’ve been up to. I’ve been reading MI since you started posting it, but The Meek is so friggin awesome.

There are no words for how much I’ve missed the Meek. And your work in general! Mare is just as fantastic.

I had a bit of a rough time on the day before The Meek updated and when I learned it did, damn, I was the happiest in the world again.

Also I just have to say you’re by far my biggest inspiration art-wise and you’ve given me, among other things, a love for noses and giant cave olms. And well, you’ve influenced my art style in a lotta ways!

I love the first panel by the way, all that delicious foliage. Looking forward to more~

I’d noticed lately that Mare Internum was really highly rated by other folks, so I’d been meaning to check it out although I had no idea it was associated with you in any way, shape, or form. Now that that’s remedied, I’ll definitely be adding Mare Internum to the list, and I’m very pleased to see The Meek making a return as well!

So very glad to see this is back, and starting up again on my birthday no less. You have incredible artistic and storytelling skills. Please keep sharing. The amount you made me feel for characters in the few pages of The Meek and MI is more than entire runs of mainstream comics.

I just discovered this comic today and I’m so glad that I did (and bingeread the whole thing despite deadlines). This is utterly FANTASTIC. The artwork is delightful– characters insanely expressive, dimensional, the color is gorgeous… and the story! It’s fascinating and enveloping. It hints at so much more going on between the lines. I love the different viewpoints weaving together!

I don’t think any webcomic has ever had me invested so thoroughly and so quickly. So, I too am glad that you came back, despite not having to experience the torture of waiting. Delightful comic, and you’ve made a solid, brand new fan!

I never even worried, I knew you would continue it sooner or later :)
Welcome back, I wish you as much happiness as you bring to all of us with your comic! ^__^

Every time an artists make a huge break in his or her work, I believe it’s because they were suddenly involved in some kind of truly magical adventure. I hope that yours ended well – that you made awesome friends during your journeys and saved the world. Well, the world is healthy and brave, so here you certainly succeeded. Good job done! :3

So glad you’re able to work on this comic again! It’s really one I’ve thoroughly enjoyed rereading during the hiatus, there’s just so much to love in this precious story. Your passion for this project really comes through and I for one love reading your “baby”. Again welcome back!

I’ve kept this comic bookmarked for 2 and a half years, changing over 4 dif computers, always making sure it’s one of the things I carry over, regularly checking up on it hoping that one day you’d come back to this story.